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Age of Wonders 4 The Silver Seas expansion and Manta update released

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Age of Wonders 4's The Silver Seas expansion launched on November 3, adding the Mercantile culture and two new races alongside the free Manta update that reworks naval systems.

Triumph Studios released The Silver Seas expansion for Age of Wonders 4 on November 3. The expansion introduces the Mercantile culture, which features 1 Shadow and 1 Materium affinity. This culture includes two subclasses: the Cartel, which focuses on smuggling, and the Barony, which uses military conquest and trade routes. The Barony's trade routes require significant upfront resources and face frequent attacks. The Mercantile culture is reportedly less effective when playing away from the ocean.

What's in the update

  • The Silver Seas expansion adds the Mercantile culture with 1 Shadow and 1 Materium affinities.
  • The Mercantile culture features two subclasses: the Cartel and the Barony.
  • Two new races, Aqualon and Sharkkin, are added to the game.
  • The Children of the Waves trait allows races to transform into Merfolk.
  • Four new Tomes are available: Tome of Hydromancy, Tome of Piracy, Tome of the Damned, and Tome of Eternal Ice.
  • The Manta update allows all cultures to build outposts on habitable ocean provinces.
  • Units now spend a flat cost of 20 movement points to embark onto water.
  • Summoning, teleporting, and resurrecting abilities now work during sea combat.
  • The Manta update introduces the Chilled status effect and reworks trade routes and naval systems.
  • The map generator now creates more realistic interactions between landmasses and oceans.
Age of Wonders 4 The Silver Seas expansion and Manta update releasedAge of Wonders 4 · official art via IGDB

The Silver Seas adds two new races, the Aqualon and the Sharkkin. Players can use the Children of the Waves trait to turn either race into Merfolk. The expansion also includes four new Tomes: Hydromancy, Piracy, the Damned, and Eternal Ice.

The Manta update launched alongside the expansion at no cost. This patch revamps naval mechanics, enabling players to establish settlements on suitable sea tiles. Armies additionally require twenty movement points when entering the water. The update also adjusts map generation to better account for land and ocean interplay, modifies trade route mechanics, and adds a Chilled status effect to cold magic. Since launch, the game has received 14 DLCs, expansions, or content collections.